SCREENING FOR AND MANAGEMENT OF CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION // NGC - Compare - Comparison

NATIONAL GUIDELINE CLEARINGHOUSE™ (NGC)
GUIDELINE SYNTHESIS
SCREENING FOR AND MANAGEMENT OF CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION

GUIDELINES BEING COMPARED
1.British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH). 2006 UK national guideline for the management of genital tract infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. London (UK): British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH); 2006. 24 p. [76 references]
2.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (1) Diseases characterized by urethritis and cervicitis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006. (2) Update to CDC's sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006: fluoroquinolones no longer recommended for treatment of gonococcal infections. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006 [published errata appear in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2006 Sep 15;55(36):997]. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2006 Aug 4;55(RR-11):35-49. [222 references].
3.Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). Management of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection. A national clinical guideline. Edinburgh (Scotland): Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN); 2009 Mar. 42 p. (SIGN publication; no. 109). [160 references]
4.U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Screening for chlamydial infection: recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2007 Jul 17;147(2):128-34. [9 references]

TABLE OF CONTENTS
AREAS OF AGREEMENT AND DIFFERENCE
COMPARISON OF RECOMMENDATIONS

•POPULATIONS TO BE SCREENED
•ASYMPTOMATIC ADULTS
•ADULTS WITH SIGNS/SYMPTOMS OF CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION
•SCREENING TESTS
•TYPES OF SCREENING TESTS
•SPECIMEN OF CHOICE
•MANAGEMENT
•ANTIBIOTIC REGIMENS IN MEN AND NONPREGNANT WOMEN
•ANTIBIOTIC REGIMENS DURING PREGNANCY AND BREASTFEEDING
•FOLLOW-UP
•PARTNER NOTIFICATION AND TREATMENT
•PATIENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTIVE COUNSELING
STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE AND RECOMMENDATION GRADING SCHEMES
METHODOLOGY
SOURCE(S) OF FUNDING
BENEFITS AND HARMS
CONTRAINDICATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS AREAS OF AGREEMENT AND DIFFERENCE
A direct comparison of the recommendations presented in the above guidelines for the screening and management of chlamydial infection is provided in the tables below.

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